Mount Pleasant, NY
News
Area High School Student's Racially Charged Social Media Post Draws Condemnation Area High School Student's Racially Charged Social Media Post Draws Condemnation
Area High School Student's Racially Charged Social Media Post Draws Condemnation A racially charged post on Snapchat by an area high school student that went viral has put the author in hot water with law enforcement. The incident began when the unidentified student at Minisink Valley High School allegedly took a photo of a female African-American classmate and then referred to her using the "N'" word in the post, and adding that she should be lynched, said News 12.  The girl's brother told News 12 the boy didn't have his sister's consent to take the photo or share it on Snapchat. He posted a video on social media to hold the student accountable. Minisink Valley S…

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by Kathy Reakes
Armonk, NY
News
White Supremacist Stickers Spotted Near Post Office In Northern Westchester White Supremacist Stickers Spotted Near Post Office In Northern Westchester
White Supremacist Stickers Spotted Near Post Office In Northern Westchester Months after flyers promoting a white supremacist group near schools in Westchester were posted, the organization is back at it, this time with stickers supporting their cause that were spotted on a street sign in Northern Westchester. In July, recruitment posters for Identity Evropa, have cropped up in Croton-on-Hudson, including several that were hung outside the Croton-Harmon High School and the local middle school. This week, stickers for the white supremacy group were found posted outside the post office in Montrose, near the Montrose Deli. The stickers have since been removed by …

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by Zak Failla
Paramus, NJ
Police & Fire
HUD: Paramus Landlord Refuses To Rent To Black Mom, Uses 'N' Word, 'White Power,' 'KKK' HUD: Paramus Landlord Refuses To Rent To Black Mom, Uses 'N' Word, 'White Power,' 'KKK'
HUD: Paramus Landlord Refuses To Rent To Black Mom, Uses 'N' Word, 'White Power,' 'KKK' A Paramus landlord texted racial slurs to a black mom while refusing to rent her an apartment, said federal housing authorities who’ve charged him with discrimination. John Graham “denied the opportunity to rent a two-bedroom apartment that was advertised on Craigslist because [the woman and her young son] are African-American,” the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) said. Graham asked the woman to come see the apartment the same day that she called him after seeing the ad, the HUD complaint says. She said she couldn't and he hung up, it says. Then came a text exchange …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Armonk, NY
News
Westchester Apartment Building Discriminated, Civil Rights Group Claims Westchester Apartment Building Discriminated, Civil Rights Group Claims
Westchester Apartment Building Discriminated, Civil Rights Group Claims An Eastchester landlord and building superintendent have been accused of racial discrimination after a seven-week sting operation that used black and white testers posing as prospective tenants, according to this report by Westfair. The Fair Housing Justice Center (FHJC) reportedly sued New Property Associates LLC and Dikson Dumitrescu, the superintendent, on Sept. 20 in U.S. District Court in White Plains. The complaint accuses them of violating the federal Fair Housing Act and New York civil rights law, the report said. The FHJC and testers claim that the landlord and superintendent provi…

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by Jon Craig
Mount Pleasant, NY
News
Bus Rider In Area Arrested After Racially Laced Tirade At Other Passengers Bus Rider In Area Arrested After Racially Laced Tirade At Other Passengers
Bus Rider In Area Arrested After Racially Laced Tirade At Other Passengers Click here for an updated story: Video - Woman Faces New Charges After Racial Rant On Hudson Valley Bus A bus passenger was arrested by police after verbally attacking passengers in a racially laced tirade on a Transport of Rockland (TOR) bus. The incident took place around 5 p.m. Saturday, June 30 on Bus #235 along Route 92, said John Lyon, spokesman for Rockland County Executive Ed Day. The woman can be seen on a video posted by a user on Facebook yelling what Lyon described as "disgusting racial and ethnic epithets" at passengers on the bus, mixed with obscenities. At one po…

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by Kathy Reakes
Paterson, NJ
Schools
WPU Investigates Sorority Sister's Racial-Slur Video Tweet WPU Investigates Sorority Sister's Racial-Slur Video Tweet
WPU Investigates Sorority Sister's Racial-Slur Video Tweet WAYNE, N.J. -- William Paterson University officials said they were considering how to deal with a student -- purportedly from Bergen County -- who's seen on a social media video repeating a racial slur against black people that many consider the most offensive word in the English language. The national chapter of Delta Phi Epsilon, the WPU woman’s sorority, said it, too, was outraged and looking into what actions it can take. Although not officially identified, the WPU student uses the Twitter handle "jasmineee_b13." Another student identified her as a Woodcliff Lake resident who…

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by Jerry DeMarco